Eric Clapton kicked off his Crossroads Guitar Festival at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday. Live versions featuring the pair were included on the Concert for Bangladesh album in 1971 and Live in Japan in 1992. Harrison wrote "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as an exercise in randomness inspired by the Chinese I Ching. "[104] In their written tributes to Harrison following his death in November 2001, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards each expressed their admiration for the song. So Eric played that, and I thought it was really good. [42][nb 2] Allison writes that the lyrics represent the "antithesis of spiritual triumphalism", in which Harrison "mourns because love has not conquered all". [33] During the bridges, Harrison adopts a repetitive rhyming scheme in the style of Bob Dylan[38] to convey how humankind has become distracted from its ability to manifest this love. [55] While Harrison led the band in welcoming back their drummer, by installing a large flower display all over Starr's drum kit,[56][57] he continued to think that his bandmates were not giving their best to the song. [131], Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey covered "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on his 1990 album Hell to Pay. When his songs speak of 'you', the address is direct. Nobody ever plays on Beatles records. Starting life as a tender acoustic song, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ became an epic rock track, and one of George Harrison’s finest … [77][78] The song was issued as the B-side of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da",[79] a McCartney-written song that had also tested the Beatles' patience during the White Album sessions. 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[137], American musician Todd Rundgren covered "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the 2003 album Songs from the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison. "[115] In 2018, the music staff of Time Out London ranked "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" 20th on their list of the best Beatles songs. Still wary that his contribution might present too much of a departure from the band's sound, Clapton requested that Harrison give the lead guitar track a more "Beatley" sound when mixing the song. [12][13] Harrison had led the band in their highly publicised endorsement of Transcendental Meditation[14][15] and viewed this spiritual pursuit as superior in importance to their career momentum. Clapton’s contribution can be heard in the song’s guitar solo and blues-inspired rhythm. George Harrison & Eric Clapton playing the great "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in Japan 1992. For his return, George had Ringo’s Ludwig Hollywood drum kit decorated with flowers, a gesture that meant a lot to the drummer. [118] At Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh, held at Madison Square Garden in New York on 1 August 1971, Clapton performed the song on a Gibson Byrdland, a hollow-body guitar more suited to jazz[119] or country music than rock. [128] The performance appears on the DVD release Party at the Palace. I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake we must surely be learning [5] The Beatles carried out the remaining overdubs, which included an ascending piano motif, played by McCartney, over the introduction,[66] Hammond organ by Harrison, and further percussion by Starr. According to musicologist Dominic Pedler, the 8–♭7–6–♭6 progression represents a hybrid of the Aeolian and Dorian modes. George had been friends with Eric Clapton since The Yardbirds supported The Beatles in 1964, and, seemingly on a whim, invited his friend to play on the next attempt to nail the song. September 4, 2019 09/04/2019 9:08 pm. [40] According to an NME reviewer, writing in 1998, the song conveys "serious concern" for the Beatles' "dwindling esprit de corps". [99], Writing for The Observer in 2004, Pete Paphides described "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as "George Harrison's startling coming of age as a songwriter" and one of the few tracks that "pick themselves" when listeners attempt to edit the double album down to a single disc. Nobody ever plays on The Beatles’ records.’ I said, ‘Look, it’s my song, and I want you to play on it.’ So Eric came in, and the other guys were as good as gold – because he was there. [109][110] Clapton's performance was ranked 42nd in Guitar World's 2008 list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos". In the case of the 16 August version, an overdubbing session on 3 September marked the first time that the Beatles had used eight-track recording at EMI Studios. Tuning: E A D G B E. Author ayreon77 21,853. [31], The chord progression over the verses includes a descending bass of A–G–F♯–F (8–♭7–6–♭6) over an A-minor chord, leading to F-major on the F bass note. I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my g [90] Three weeks later, Smith acknowledged that the singer and composer was in fact Harrison, and added: "the words are evocative and the melody line is creeping into my mind to stay. Maria Lourdes Gonzalez Martin. This is about George seeing a hooked & he feels sad. [49][50] Take 1 on 25 July – the version later issued on Anthology 3 – was a solo performance by Harrison, playing his Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, with an overdubbed harmonium part. [141], In 2004, when Harrison was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was played in tribute by a large band that included Tom Petty, Lynne, Steve Winwood, Mann, Dhani Harrison and Steve Ferrone. [26], "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was one of the few Beatles compositions from early 1968 that changed markedly from demo form to the official recording. Starting life as a tender acoustic song, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ became an epic rock track, and one of George Harrison’s finest Beatles moments. [49][53] At the same session, Harrison overdubbed a backwards (or "backmasked") guitar solo, as he had done two years before on "I'm Only Sleeping", on the Revolver album, but he was not satisfied with the results. [87] New Yorker columnist Mark Hertsgaard, writing in his 1995 book A Day in the Life, said "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was "the first great composition of George's career and perhaps the single most impressive song on the White Album". Back at Abbey Road, on September 5th and 6th under the guidance of Chris Thomas deputizing for an absent George Martin, the group finally realized Harrison’s vision for the song. "[92], "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" became a staple of US rock radio during the early 1970s,[93] on a par with songs such as "Layla" by Clapton's short-lived band Derek and the Dominos, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again". … “It’s been a dream of mine for many, many years, decades, and I can’t believe it’s gonna happen right now,” he said. After abandoning the delicate acoustic approach taped in July 1968, George enlisted the rest of The Beatles for a full-band version in August. Eric Clapton & Paul McCartney Look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps Look at the floor and I see it need sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know why nobody told you How to unfold your love I don't know why someone controlled you They bought and sold you Look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps … [127][128] Harrison shared the lead guitarist's role with Robben Ford, often extending the piece to eight minutes. Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Letra e música para ouvir) - I look at you all / See the love there that's sleeping / While my guitar gently weeps / I look at the floor / And I see it needs sweeping / Still my guitar [10], The song reflects the disharmonious atmosphere within the Beatles following their return from India. [67][68] During final mixing for the White Album, on 14 October,[67] the guitar part was run through an ADT circuit with "varispeed", with engineer Chris Thomas manipulating the oscillator to achieve the desired "wobbly" effect. He achieves his character in 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', which, with Phil Ochs's 'Tape from California', is the first track I know that succeeds in making magnanimous love serious and touching. Eric Clapton & Paul McCartney. Your email address will not be published. "[122][nb 8], The version performed by Harrison during his brief set at the 1987 Prince's Trust Concert reunited him with Starr and Clapton,[124] and features an extended coda with the guitars of Harrison and Clapton interweaving. [152] In 2016, Regina Spektor performed the song for the soundtrack to the film Kubo and the Two Strings, accompanied by Kevin Kmetz on a shamisen. [37] Musicologist Walter Everett comments that the change from the minor-mode verse to the parallel major might express hope that "unrealized potential" described in the lyrics is to be "fulfilled", but the continued minor triads "seem to express a strong dismay that love is not to be unfolded". The Eastern concept is that whatever happens is all meant to be ... every little item that's going down has a purpose. So I opened this book and I saw ‘gently weeps.’ I shut the book and then I started the tune.”. [136] On 29 November the same year, Clapton, backed by a large band that included McCartney, Starr, Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Marc Mann, performed "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the Concert for George in memory of Harrison. [75] One of four Harrison compositions on the double album, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was sequenced as the penultimate track on side one in the LP format,[76] between Lennon's "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" and "Happiness Is a Warm Gun". “It was a beautiful moment,” he later wrote. The super deluxe edition of The Beatles’ “White Album” is out now and can be bought here. [33], In his lyrics to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", Harrison revisits the theme of universal love and the philosophical concerns that were evident in his overtly Indian-influenced compositions, particularly "Within You Without You". [128] The performance concluded with a highly acclaimed extended guitar solo by Prince, who was also being inducted into the Hall of Fame.[142][143][144][145][146][147][148]. George Harrison & Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Live-1987) Olato. "[154], According to Ian MacDonald,[155] Walter Everett[71] and John Winn:[64]. Harrison first recorded it with a sparse backing of acoustic guitar and harmonium – a version that appeared on the 1996 Anthology 3 outtakes compilation and, with the addition of a string arrangement by George Martin, on the Love soundtrack album in 2006. [25] An early acoustic guitar and harmonium performance of the song features a slightly different third verse: "I look from the wings at the play you are staging / While my guitar gently weeps / As I'm sitting here, doing nothing but ageing …"[24] This version was released on the 1996 compilation Anthology 3 and was used as the basis of the 2006 Love remix, with a string arrangement by George Martin. He's a preacher, man of fire. On release, the song received praise from several music critics, and it has since been recognised as an example of Harrison's maturing as a songwriter beside his Beatles bandmates John Lennon and Paul McCartney. [39], The Beatles recorded "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" several times during the sessions for their self-titled double album, also known as "the White Album". Also, it left me free to just play the rhythm and do the vocal. By Damian Fanelli 07 July 2020. Watch the video for While My Guitar Gently Weeps from Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton's Concert for George for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. [47][48] In this atmosphere, Harrison had initially been reluctant to present his new compositions to the group. [69][nb 5] According to Everett, Lennon's tremolo-rich guitar part, recorded on 5 September, was retained only in the song's coda. Rundgren said of his contribution to the multi-artist tribute: "[Before the Beatles], I'd never heard the term 'lead guitarist.' It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist. [153] The video was directed by Dandypunk, André Kasten and Leah Moyer. Taking this idea of relativism to his parents’ home in northern England, Harrison committed to write a song based on the first words he saw upo… [32] The change to the parallel major key is heralded by a C chord as the verse's penultimate chord (replacing the D used in the second phrase of each verse) before the E that leads into the bridge. 5:34. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was featured in the 1968 record The Beatles, which is more commonly known as The White Album. The guitar god joined Peter Frampton for a rendition of The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and also treated the audience to a stripped-down set of his own. While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know why nobody told you How to unfold your love I don't know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake we must surely be learning On that date, Clapton joined The Beatles at Abbey Road to record lead guitar onto George Harrison’s song, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” The track appeared on the band’s double album, “The Beatles” also known as “The White Album”. [58][59][nb 4], On 6 September, during a ride from Surrey into London, Harrison asked Clapton to play guitar on the track. George Harrison and Eric Clapton - While my Guitar Gently Weeps - Live 1987 George Harrison wrote "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as an exercise in randomness inspired by the Chinese I Ching. The song conveys his dismay at the world's unrealised potential for universal love, which he refers to as "the love there that's sleeping". [39], "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" follows in a lyrical tradition established by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bo Diddley, whereby emotions and actions are attributed to a musical instrument. [102] McCartney identified it as one of his favourite selections on the 1995–96 Anthology outtakes series,[103] and he grouped the song with "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" as candidates for Harrison's "greatest track". "[88] In his review for the International Times, Barry Miles said the song was a "great tune" with "nice hi-hats" but a "lifeless" guitar part. 93XRT. The lengthy coda rises again and again as a frenzy of sound delivers a knockout punch, a million miles away from the song’s acoustic beginnings. [95] Capitol Records included it on The Best of George Harrison in 1976;[96] a year before this, Harrison released a sequel to the song, titled "This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying)", which also served as the final single issued by Apple in its original incarnation. This lack of camaraderie was reflected in the band's initial apathy towards the composition, which Harrison countered by inviting his friend and occasional collaborator, Eric Clapton, to contribute to the recording. 11,212 views, added to favorites 483 times. I don't know why nobody told you. [149][150] Toto did a cover version for their album Through the Looking Glass and in a live performance in Live in Amsterdam. Having contributed to "Ski-ing" on Harrison's debut solo album, Greene comments that "Wilting Flowers" was the title of. “I was thinking that anything I see when I open a book, I’m going to write a song about. Harrison, Starr and Clapton also performed the song live in 1971 at the Concert for Bangladesh. Wenner found the lyrics "slightly self-righteous and preaching", representing "a general set of incidents, a message, like a sermon, impersonally directed to everyone", and concluded: "I am willing to bet something substantial that the lead guitarist on this cut is Eric Clapton, yet another involution of the circular logic on which this song [is] so superbly constructed as a musical piece. [31] Aside from the intro, the composition is structured into two rounds of verse and bridge, with an instrumental passage extending the second of these verse sections, followed by a final verse and a long instrumental passage that fades out on the released recording. [135], During the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II concert at Buckingham Palace Garden on 3 June 2002, McCartney performed the song with Clapton, as a tribute to Harrison. In June 2016, Apple Corps and Cirque du Soleil released a music video for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". 1, Rounder’s Sierra Hull Releases ‘Weighted Mind (The Original Sessions)’ EP, Glass Animals Release ‘Heat Waves’ (Expansion Pack) Ft. Oliver Heldens, Sonny Fodera Remixes, Machine Gun Kelly To Publish Graphic Novel Based On ‘Hotel Diablo’ Album, Celeste’s ‘Not Your Muse’ Debuts At No.1 In The UK, Rare Amy Winehouse Live Tracks Released Today. Your email address will not be published. [120][121] In his entry for The Concert for Bangladesh in the book 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Tom Moon nevertheless describes Clapton and Harrison's interplay as "one of the more thrilling two-man guitar explorations in rock", adding: "As they finish each other's thoughts, the two extend and amplify the song's intent: You haven't heard the full gamut of gentle (and not so) guitar weeping until you've heard this. George’s effortless lead vocal takes its inspiration from Smokey Robinson, ably assisted by Paul, before Clapton’s virtuoso lead guitar soars above a powerful and heavy rock backing. By Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton (Official Music Video) Released 2018 [52][79][nb 6], Recalling the release in his 1977 book The Beatles Forever, Nicholas Schaffner said that, in returning to pop/rock songwriting after his excursions into the Indian classical style, Harrison's four White Album songs "firmly established him as a contender" beside Lennon and McCartney. I can’t do that. Paul contributes an inspired piano part, which opens with a distinctive introduction ahead of the first burst of guitar from Clapton, but continues to underpin the whole piece beautifully. Rolling Stone ranked "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" 136th on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", seventh on the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time", and at number 10 on its list of "The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs". Among other cover versions, the song has also been recorded by guitarists such as Marc Ribot, Phish and Charlie Byrd, and on ukulele by Jake Shimabukuro. [66] In October 1968, Harrison reciprocated by co-writing "Badge" with Clapton and playing on Cream's recording of the track. Ryan Reed, describing the clip for rollingstone.com, wrote that "Dandypunk's hand-drawn illustrations depict Harrison's lyrics falling off the page into the air, transporting LOVE performer Eira Glover into a series of fantastical locations. [128] Author Ian Inglis writes that while Clapton was already "permanently associated" with "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" due to his presence on the White Album recording and the Concert for Bangladesh and Live in Japan versions, his long, closing solo at the Concert for George contained "perhaps the most expressive" playing of all those versions. An edit combining parts of the 14 December and 17 December Tokyo Dome performances of the song was included on Harrison's 1992 double album Live in Japan. In Schaffner's description, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was the most instantly popular of "a quartet of more conventionally accessible pop songs [written by Harrison] that many felt were among the finest on the album". Luister naar While My Guitar Gently Weeps van Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton, 69,916 Shazams. [127][130] Author Simon Leng comments that on Harrison's return to Madison Square Garden towards the end of the tour, his playing on the song nevertheless received a standing ovation. Of all the songs on The White Album, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” underwent some of the most radical changes over the course of recording. Eric Clapton’s most well-known guest recording session undoubtedly took place on 6 September 1968. [97][98] The Beatles' recording appeared on the soundtrack to Withnail and I, a 1987 comedy film set in late-1960s London and produced by Harrison's company HandMade Films. [41] Harrison biographer Joshua Greene says that its message reflects the pessimism encouraged by world events throughout 1968, such as the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy in the United States, and the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The visit had allowed Harrison to re-engage with the guitar as his primary instrument, after focusing on the Indian sitar for the previous two years,[7] and also marked the start of a prolific period for him as a songwriter. [86] In 1973, it appeared on the Beatles' double album compilation 1967–1970,[94] as one of only three tracks representing the White Album. Once the group had created a decent backing, George spent hours trying to craft a backwards guitar solo for the song, before ditching this version too. The song serves as a comment on the disharmony within the Beatles following their return from studying Transcendental Meditation in India in early 1968. [34][35] In the description of theologian Dale Allison, the song "conveys spiritual angst and an urgent religious point of view without being explicitly theological". "[63] Harrison convinced him, and Clapton's lead guitar part, played on Harrison's Gibson Les Paul electric guitar "Lucy" (a recent gift from Clapton), was overdubbed that evening. These early September 1968 recording sessions for “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” were significant for a number of reasons, not least because this was the first time Ringo had returned to the studio since leaving the group, albeit temporarily, during work on “Back In The USSR” a couple of weeks earlier. [105] Jagger said: "It's lovely, plaintive. George Harrison and Eric Clapton - While my guitar gently weeps. Still my guitar gently weeps. "[10] Embracing this idea of relativism, he committed to writing a song based on the first words he saw upon opening a book, which happened to be "gently weeps". Love music? [44] The recording sessions, which began in late May 1968, were characterised by a lack of cooperation among the four band members,[45][46] and by what Lennon's bandmates regarded as the overly intrusive presence of his new romantic partner, Yoko Ono. Eric Clapton, with whom Harrison collaborated on several recordings throughout 1968 as a distraction from the Beatles, said that "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" conveyed Harrison's spiritual isolation within the group. [36] Harrison sings of surveying "you all" and seeing "the love there that's sleeping". [80][81] This single was an international hit, topping charts in Australia, Austria, Switzerland[82] and West Germany,[83] but was not released in Britain or the United States. George Harrison wrote "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" after his return from India, where the Beatles had been studying Transcendental Meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during the spring of 1968. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It's also one of the greatest songs on the White Album. [6] As Harrison put it, "[the book] seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else, as opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental. [126], Harrison also featured the song in the set list for his only other tour as a solo artist, a series of North American concerts over November–December 1974 with Ravi Shankar. Harrison participated in the recording, contributing on acoustic guitar and backing vocals. [26][33][nb 3], Sessions on 16 August and 5 September produced full band recordings of the song. [37] He sings of people that have been "inverted" and "perverted" from their natural perspective. He said the song was "hands down one of The Beatles' greatest" and, having being conceived through "disharmony – in the world, as well as in the band he'd grown up with", "testament to Harrison's genius". The lyrics would also go through a number of changes before the final version, with entire verses being lost along the way. Speaking to Guitar Player in 1987, George recalled Clapton’s initial reluctance: “He said, ‘Oh, no. [28] While noting the importance of Harrison's return to the guitar during this period, Gould describes the song as "virtually a declaration of his recommitment to rock". [125] On their 1991 tour of Japan, Harrison and Clapton performed "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with additional background vocals. Then we listened to it back, and he said, ‘Ah, there’s a problem, though; it’s not Beatley enough’ – so we put it through the ADT, to wobble it a bit.”, Chris Thomas, who at that time was George Martin’s assistant, recalled how this was achieved: “I was given the grand job of waggling the oscillator on the ‘Gently Weeps’ mixes… We did a flanging thing, really wobbling the oscillator in the mix, I did that for hours.”. The video was created for the tenth anniversary re-staging of Cirque du Soleil's Love theatrical production. [31] Such contrasts are limited by the inclusion of minor triads (III, VI and II) played over the E chord that ends the bridge's second and fourth phrases. Paul McCartney, another one of the five original musicians who appeared on the original Beatles recording (John Lennon is the fifth), would go on to perform "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Clapton and Starr in November 2002 at the Concert for George. [16] When discussing another song he wrote at this time, "Not Guilty", Harrison said it referred to "the grief I was catching" from John Lennon and Paul McCartney for leading them to Rishikesh[17] and supposedly hindering the group's career and the launch of their Apple record label. Only a guitar player could write that ..."[106], Rolling Stone ranked "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" 136th on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time",[107] seventh on the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time",[108] and at number 10 on its list of "The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs". While My Guitar Gently Weeps Eric Clapton. [27], Among contemporary reviews, Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone said that "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was "one of George Harrison's very best songs", and likened it to "Blue Jay Way" in that it "recalls California, the simple Baja California beat, the dreamy words of the Los Angeles haze, the organic pace lapping around every room as if in invisible waves". I look at you all See the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor And I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know why nobody told you How to unfold your love I don't know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you I look at the world The song conveys his dismay at the world's unrealised potential for universal love, which he refers to as "the love there that's sleeping". [11] Harrison continued to work on the lyrics after this initial writing session. Who says the word go at the start of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. [129] While it was a popular inclusion in a set list that barely acknowledged Harrison's past as a former Beatle, his alteration of some of the lyrics – so that his guitar "gently smiles" and "tries to smile" – disappointed many concert-goers and reviewers. Beatles historians such as Pete Paphides in The Guardian say that the song catapulted Harrison into a position of songwriting prominence. [117], Harrison played "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at every one of his rare concerts as a solo artist. [71], Everett credits Clapton's guitar contribution with making the Beatles recording a "monumental" track. Clapton's performance was ranked 42nd in Guitar World's 2008 list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos". [72][73] Released on Cream's final album, Goodbye, "Badge" reflected Harrison's pop sensibilities[73] and helped Clapton transition from the heavy blues style and its reliance on extended soloing, and onto the more song-based approach that he and Harrison admired in the Band's 1968 album Music from Big Pink. [132] Also issued as a single, Healey's version peaked at number 27 in Canada,[133] number 85 in the UK[134] and number 25 in New Zealand. [111][112] Among other critics' lists of the best Beatles songs, Paste magazine and Ultimate Classic Rock each ranked it at number 4,[113][114] while Mojo placed it at number 17. 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